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PoliticsCastle Hayne incorporation bill gets final OK, heads to ballotSubmitted by Cliff Pyron on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 11:24pm.READ MORE:
This afternoon the Senate signed off on a final change to the bill to give Castle Hayne residents the right to vote to incorporate. Both the House and Senate had unanimously passed the bill.
Full story... » Perdue ready to veto voter i.d. measureSubmitted by Cacky Catlett on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 9:37pm.READ MORE:
Gov. Beverly Perdue sounds ready to veto a measure heading to her desk that would require North Carolina
voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot.
Full story... » Rep. Anthony Weiner resigns from CongressSubmitted by WWAY on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 2:34pm.READ MORE:
Embattled New York Rep. Anthony Weiner is resigning from Congress, saying he cannot continue in office amid the intense controversy surrounding sexually explicit messages he sent online to several women.
Full story... » Voter ID mandate gets NC legislative approvalSubmitted by WWAY on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 12:34pm.READ MORE:
Republican-backed legislation requiring North Carolina voters to show picture identification before casting a ballot they know will count is headed to Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's desk.
Full story... » NC close to requiring checking sale of cold medsSubmitted by WWAY on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 12:30pm.READ MORE:
North Carolina could soon require retailers to check cold sufferers against a national database if they want a remedy containing the key ingredient needed to make the illegal drug methamphetamine.
Full story... » GOP-led NC Legislature heading home soonSubmitted by WWAY on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:27am.READ MORE:
The North Carolina General Assembly is trying to wrap up most of its work for the year, its first under Republican rule in more than a century.
Full story... » Bill making stock car racing official state sport awaiting Perdue's approvalSubmitted by Cacky Catlett on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:39pm.READ MORE:
Legislation declaring stock car racing as North Carolina's state sport has only Gov. Beverly Perdue to pass
before taking the checkered flag.
Full story... » Perdue approval rating up, but well below disapprovalSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 5:19pm.READ MORE:
A poll by Public Policy Polling finds 36 percent of North Carolina voters approve of the job Perdue is doing, while 47 percent disapprove. This is Perdue's highest approval rating in the past six months.
Full story... » ONLY ON 3: Goolsby calls veto override 'wonderful day' in NCSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 5:15pm.READ MORE:NC congressmen, others sue Obama over strikes in LibyaSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 2:09pm.READ MORE:
A bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers is suing President Barack Obama for taking military action against Libya without war authorization from Congress.
Full story... » NC teacher group lobbies unfriendly LegislatureSubmitted by Katelyn Supa on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 7:09am.READ MORE:
North Carolina Senators are about to hear
from public school workers as lawmakers decide whether to back up
their nearly $20 billion budget by overriding Gov. Beverly Perdue's
veto.
Full story... » NC House overrides Perdue veto, Senate vote nextSubmitted by Katelyn Supa on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 6:59am.READ MORE:
The state government budget proposal written by the North Carolina Legislature is just one vote away from being enacted despite Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's objections.
Full story... » House to vote on possible override of Perdue's veto of state budget billSubmitted by Cacky Catlett on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 10:52pm.READ MORE:
The North Carolina House plans to vote after midnight on whether to override Gov. Beverly Perdue's veto of
the state government budget bill.
Full story... » Annexation rules changes head to full SenateSubmitted by WWAY on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 3:36pm.READ MORE:
Changes to rules governing forced annexations by North Carolina towns and cities are one step closer to passage after being years in the making.
Full story... » Perdue's likely veto defeat could be short-termSubmitted by WWAY on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 2:43pm.READ MORE:
Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue would face a short-term political defeat should her historic veto of the North Carolina state budget be canceled by the Republican-led Legislature as early as Wednesday. But her fortunes may turn if her warnings of thousands of job losses in the public schools become true this fall.
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